In this project, AO is used to impose shadow on wall corners. The main purpose of this node is to control ambient occlusion per material. Yet, it is not recommended to apply on complex geometric objects, because it increases the rendering time.

This node only works in cycles and it is suitable for simple geometric shapes like wall, simple doors and windows. Bevel nodeīevel node can be used for making rounded edges without modifying the actual geometry. I will suggest CG Boost’s YouTube channel is a very good place to start.īlender 2.First of all, let’s see some blender nodes which are useful for all kinds of projects. You have to watch some basic videos to understand Blender’s UI to follow my break down. To use nodes on objects in Blender there are several ways to do so but I prefer to do it through – “Shader Editor”, which you can find on the top list of predefined work spaces or easily convert any workplace into “Shader Editor” by selecting it from top left drop down list on any workplace.

Now the question comes as to how we can put this node where it supposed to go, that’s a tricky question because everybody on Google thinks that it should be straight forward which by the it is but only when you are familiar with Blender on first place. After some searching on Google and few coffee cups down, I was finally able to find the way to control the same through a Node called – “Blackbody” which you have to input into the light Emission color. In Blender, it’s difficult to find the way to control light color through temperature parameter like we are all used from Vray and Corona. Below images show the imported scene in Blender (Exported on default settings of FBX from 3ds Max)– Scene Setup 01Īs you can see it’s rather a simple scene without any complex lighting scenario making it ideal for experimentation in Blender.Īfter importing I went and placed some “Area” lights on each window opening with below settings – Area Light

FBX format and rendering it through Cycles in Blender 3D. I will try to breakdown my process of lighting a simple scene exported from 3ds Max as. I am basically a complete beginner myself when it comes to Blender workflow, but fortunately I was able to learn so much on forums and YouTube that I was able to render out a decent image in reasonable time.

Blender interior lighting